Deportes : the making of a sporting Mexican diaspora /
"Spanning the first half of the twentieth century, Deportes uncovers the hidden experiences of Mexican male and female athletes, teams and leagues and their supporters who fought for a more level playing field on both sides of the border. Despite a widespread belief that Mexicans shunned physic...
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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New Brunswick :
Rutgers University Press
[2020]
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| Colección: | Latinidad.
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv11hptsm |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Deportes, Americanization, and Mexican Sporting Culture
- 2. El Boxeo, Immigration, and the "Great Brown Hope"
- 3. Playing Béisbol across Borders
- 4. Forging Transnational Sporting Networks
- 5. Becoming Good Neighbors through Wartime Sports
- 6. Sporting a New Identity in Postwar America
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author